Example sentences of "being [adv] [adj] [conj] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not really used to being so personal or so open about things in public but want to tell you of my great sadness in life . |
| 2 | Gives the impression of being so contemporary but really plays out themes of nineteenth century , badies , goodies , etc . |
| 3 | To be honest I 'm beginning to get fed up with being so useless and just wish that ‘ Failure ’ was n't my middle name . |
| 4 | Of course , the motivation for playing this game is all the stronger when we have reason to resent the ‘ out group ’ for being more powerful or better resourced than we are , or not subject to the strains , pressures and tensions we face ( of course , because they are an ‘ out group ’ we know little about the problems that they have and we do not ) . |
| 5 | These families are characterized as being socio-economically disadvantaged and socially isolated . |
| 6 | There were lots of dealers there and lots of dope going around and David , to some extent anyway , seemed slightly an outsider , being very quiet and just arranging the gigs , but he was never really a part of what was going on . |
| 7 | It provides precision , ‘ flea ’ being too vague and potentially confused with other types of flea , such as the dog flea , or ( disaster ! ) the water flea . |
| 8 | ‘ I have purchased a black lead Pencil Sketch of Mr. Green of Ambleside which I think has great merit , the materials being uncommonly picturesque and well put together ; I should dearly like to have the same subject ( it is the Cottage at Glencoyn , by Ullswater ) treated by you . ’ |